单词 | mincingness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈmincingness ˈmincingness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 1853 Househ. Words 24 Sept. 76/2 When your ladyship does condescend to speak English, it is only with a delightful mincingness of accent and a liberal use of superlatives. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xix. 62 That frigid mincingness called dignity. 1904 E. von Arnim Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen 262 Her eyes were discreetly fixed on a Wiener Schnitzel that she was eating with a singular mincingness. < as lemmas |
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